Blizzard try to reach as wide target abundance as possible with there games so is not that weird. Paradox normally have low requirements for there game. Though i do not think it has so much to do with there design philosophy as there games tend to focus on other things then graphics. But they should watch out for letting eye candy shrink there customer base.

So i got hoi3 and its living it up... My plan is to develop the nuclear bomb as germany early enough to blow england to smithereens. I am researching much to improve my machines, and also atomic research... Soon i will have an Industrial Capacity of 600 hahahahaThen i will proceed to build a wall of Anti Air guns to destroy forthcoming english airplanes...